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American Ballet Theatre - "The Sleeping Beauty"
March 13 – 16

American Ballet Theatre returns to South Florida for five performances of Tchaikovsky's "The Sleeping Beauty" presented by the Concert Association of Florida. In its only Southeastern U.S. engagement, ABT will bring an all new full-length production of this great 19th century ballet, the timeless fairy tale of beautiful Princess Aurora, the evil sorceress Carabosse, a century of sleep and the awakening kiss of a handsome prince. ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie choreographed the perennial favorite with assistance by former ballerina Gelsey Kirkland, and sets and costumes are by Tony Award winners Tony Walton and Willa Kim. Performances are Thurs - Sat at 8 p.m. and Sat & Sun at 2 p.m., and tickets range from $145 to $45. Following Saturday's performance Concert Association of Florida will host its annual gala at the Arsht Center's beautiful Ziff Ballet Opera House (please note change of venue for gala). For information about the gala, call 305-808-7446, Ext. 235.



Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
1-877-311-7469 Box Office




MOCA's Enchanted Evenings
Fridays
March 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Created as an alternative to black-tie benefit galas, Enchanted Evenings is a series of 12 festive dinners at the homes of prominent art collectors throughout South Florida and around the country. Guests are treated to an intimate evening that combines dinner with friends and the opportunity to personally tour outstanding private collections. Thanks to the generosity of the hosts, all proceeds from Enchanted Evenings benefit MOCA exhibitions and programs. The list of hosts is eagerly anticipated each year, and seven exciting new homes were added in 2008. On Friday March 14, Shirley and Carl Schwartz will host a memorable evening featuring their exceptional collection of modern masters and Miami artists. An Enchanted Evening on March 21 will be hosted by Paula and Joel Friedland, leading collectors of contemporary Chinese art, including a new large-scale installation by Cia Guo-Qiang, currently the subject of a major exhibition at New York's Guggenheim. Enchanted Evenings 2008 is chaired by Diane Moss with Irma Braman as Honorary Chair. The cost for these elegant evenings is $700 per person.



Various private homes
305-893-6211, Ext. 36



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Empowering People: Chaka Khan is coming to Jazz in the Gardens!


The “Jazz in the Gardens” festival has finally arrived. The two-day music event will take place this weekend at Dolphin Stadium and features a fantastic lineup of performers that includes: George Benson, Chaka Khan, The O’Jays, Wyclef Jean, Nancy Wilson, KEM, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Chrisette Michele, Mike Phillips and Anthony David.





Rising Stars
Friday
March 14 beginning at 5:30 p.m.

New World School of the Arts (NWSA) presents "Rising Stars," an all-out celebration of the arts. From 5 to 6:30 p.m. a reception and art exhibition by NWSA high school and college students curated by Mark Coetzee (at the New World Gallery, 25 N.E. 2nd Street). The merriment continues with a 7 p.m. performance of "Diversion of Angels" by Martha Graham and "Valse Fantasie" by George Balanchine from the dance division; three selections from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" by the NWSA symphony orchestra; and excerpts from "Big Love," "Pippin," "Pajama Game," "Nothin' to Lose," and a monologue by Lindsey Forgey presented by the theater division (at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, 174 E. Flagler Street). Tickets are $50, $30, and $20 for the performance. Immediately following the performance, a Gala reception (at the Alfred I. DuPont Building, 169 E. Flagler Street). Tickets are $250 for the reception and performance. Pictured: Abdiel Vivancos in "Pippin."



New World School of the Arts
305-237-3852




David Adjaye: Public Engagement and Private Retreat
Friday
March 14 at 8 p.m.

Acclaimed British architect David Adjaye will speak at the Frost Art Museum as a special guest of the Steven & Dorothea Green Critics' Lecture Series. Adjaye has been dubbed a "starchitect" by the press because of his rapid rise to the top of the architectural heap and is one of the most sought-after architects of his generation in the UK. He built his reputation in London's East End, designing houses and studios for artists and celebrities including Ewan McGregor and Juergen Teller. He is known for his ingenious use of materials and use of light in creating spaces that blur the lines between art and architecture. Last year, Adjaye celebrated what he has described as the pinnacle of his career thus far with the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, his first major public building in the United States. The lecture is free and open to the public.



Frost Art Museum, Green Library (GL100)
11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami
305-348-2890




Paradise Play Land: Family Day
Saturday
March 15 from noon to 4 p.m.

A fun-filled day of activities at the Bass Museum of Art recaptures Miami Beach in its heyday - during the era of the museum's premiere exhibition "Promises of Paradise." Bring the whole family to that great playground of the Western world - Miami Beach in the 50's and 60's! DJ's will be spinning your favorite rock n' roll tunes so be sure to bring your dancing shoes and kick up your heels, jitterbugging and twisting with the professional dancers. Create crafts like your own hotrod or vintage tropical postcards, design a mid-century house and garden, put together a prom corsage, munch on free hot dogs and popcorn, and listen to great stories of the time. Family Day is free and open to the public; sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.



Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue (Collins Park), Miami Beach
305-674-5475








Big Birthday Bash for Arts Academy
Saturday
March 15 at 6 p.m.

Join the Arts Academy of Hollywood in celebrating another exciting anniversary as one of South Florida's largest and most comprehensive performing arts educational facilities in Downtown Hollywood. Be their guest and enjoy food and festivities at this year's Big Birthday Bash! There will be live music, dancers, performing artists, children's activities, karaoke, and lots more! Delicious food samples will be provided by Downtown Hollywood restaurants, including Universe Cafe, Taverna Yiamas, Nakorn, Spoon, La Barraca, Concho D'oro, and Cancun Mexican Grille. Bring your friends and family to a birthday party you won't want to miss! The Arts Academy of Hollywood is committed to cultivating creativity for all ages.



Arts Academy of Hollywood
1955 Harrison Street, Downtown Hollywood
954-923-1950




NAEMI Art Show Fundraiser
Saturday
March 15 from 6 to 10 p.m.

Join Mr. Entertainment and the Pookiesmackers, Livid Kittens, Tongues of the Heartworm and more like-minded musicians for a night of artistic expression at Radio-Active Records. The music will be great, and the cause is awesome. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Arts Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill with this art show and sale. NAEMI is a non-profit organization, and the funds raised from the sale of art created by the artists represented by NAEMI go toward helping them live better lives. Artists showing include Mario Mesa, Ram? Losa, Echo, Eric Holmes, Roger Sadler, Lisa Chuan-Lee Cheng. Come on out and open up your mind to art!



Radio-Active Records
1930B East Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
954-762-9488




ArtWalk in Downtown Hollywood
Saturday
March 15 at 7 p.m.

Join fellow art lovers this Saturday and every 3rd Saturday of the month for ArtWalk in Downtown Hollywood. Participating galleries and shops will have out the welcome mat for visitors to enjoy art, music, hors d'oeuvres & wine. Pick up a map at Comfort Zone Studio to guide you to galleries & shops that are part of ArtWalk and enjoy a beautiful evening stroll. On-street parking is available on Harrison Street, Hollywood Boulevard and 21st Avenue, and garage parking is at Van Buren & 20th Avenue, and 19th Avenue & Polk Street.



Begin at Comfort Zone Studio
2028 Harrison Street, Hollywood
954-921-3016




"Reflections on War"
Saturday
March 15 at 8 p.m.

Performers from the Florida Grand Opera offer their artistic "Reflections on War" in a concert sponsored by Arts at St. John's. Ariana Wyatt, Elise Quagliata, Katherine Calcamuggio, Michael-Paul Krubitzer, Jon Burton, Corey Crider, Sidney Outlaw, Tom Corbeil, and Pedro Yanez, accompanied by Katherine Kozak, will perform music by Weill, Poulenc, Mussorgsky, Duparc and others that relates to the human consequences of war. Tickets are $20 at the gate or $15 for seniors, students and online.



St. John's on the Lake
4760 Pinetree Drive, Miami Beach
786-201-7727




Jazz in the Gardens
Saturday & Sunday
March 15 & 16 at 4 p.m.

Wyclef Jean, George Benson, Chaka Khan, The O'Jays, Nancy Wilson, KEM, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Chrisette Michele, Michael Phillips, and Anthony David will perform at the 3rd Annual Jazz in the Gardens. In just three years this music fest, hosted by the City of Miami Gardens, has become recognized internationally as the best jazz festival in South Florida with its diverse mix of music genres from jazz, R&B and Caribbean sounds. This year's star-studded line up of jazz greats enhances the festival's reputation for raising the bar each year and delivering the best in live entertainment. Performing on Saturday are George Benson, Chaka Khan, Wyclef Jean, George Duke, Stanley Clarke and Michael Phillips; on Sunday see The O'Jays, Nancy Wilson, KEM, Chrisette Michele and Anthony David. Performances begin at 4 p.m., rain or shine. Two-day tickets are $75 for prime field seating; $60 for reserved field seating; and $40 for general admission. Single day tickets range from $25 to $50.



Dolphin Stadium (Gates 4 & 5)
2269 Dan Marino Boulevard, Miami Gardens
305-622-8043 Hotline




Calle Ocho
Sunday
March 16 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Culminating two weeks of Carnaval Miami events, Calle Ocho, the largest street festival in the U.S., offers 23 blocks of non-stop activities for adults and kids with street dancers and strolling musicians entertaining the crowd. Hundreds of kiosks with all kinds of ethnic food line S.W. 8th Street, and the 4-block long KidsZone hosts clowns and magicians, sports and fun foods. Best of all is the music with top Hispanic recording artists and groups performing on stages set at every intersection. Produced by the Little Havana Kiwanis. Calle Ocho is free and open to the public.



S.W. 8th Street
Little Havana




Opening Reception for "Deez Nites Be All Da Same to Me"
Sunday
March 16 at 12:30 p.m.

Exploring the notions of assimilation, stereotyping and discrimination, Leslie Golumb and Louise Silk tell a Passover story that differs from the traditional tale of the Jewish slaves escaping Pharoah. Their story begins with a real Jewish family, the Mosses of the old South, whose images were captured by a silhouettist in 1844. The scene depicts mother, father, two children, and a slave boy, which presented a lot of questions to the quilters, like: did they celebrate the Passover Seder; did they treat the slave as a member of the family; did they eventually set him free? Creating their own Haggadah of sorts, in quilt form, the artists followed the parallel of the Passover story and sent the slave boy on freedom's path. In this amazing series they created imagery and fabric related to Jewish and African-American traditions and sources, including the quilt patterns used by the Underground Railroad. Exhibit on display at Alper JCC through Tuesday, April 22, and is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m.



Alper JCC, Futernick Family Art Gallery
11155 S.W. 112th Avenue, Miami
305-271-9000




Community Conversations - MAM: A Work in Progress
Sunday
March 16 at 1 p.m.

The public is invited to be part of MAM's exciting journey to Museum Park by attending the first in a series of traveling conversations about the museum's plans for its new facility. Join MAM Director Terence Riley and learn about MAM's future expansion and the growth of its programming and education initiatives. Tour Work in Progress: Herzog & de Meuron's Miami Art Museum, an exhibition of the architectural and design plans for MAM at Museum Park on view now through April 6. Community Conversations is a free event, open to the public. Garage parking is $5 at 50 N.W. 2nd Avenue.



Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street, Downtown Miami
305-375-3000




Society of Orpheus and Bacchus Concert
Monday
March 17 at 7 p.m.

Yale University's Society of Orpheus and Bacchus will perform a concert of a cappella music and comedy. Since 1938 The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus (SOB) has fused the traditions of music and revelry and boasts an eclectic repertoire. With 69 years worth of arrangements, they are the longest-running non-senior a cappella group in the nation. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students.



Coral Gables Congregational Church
3100 DeSoto Boulevard, Coral Gables




The Barnacle under Moonlight
Friday
March 21 at 7 p.m.

The Alhambra Orchestra will perform an evening of Family Pops on the Lawn sponsored by The Barnacle Society. The 60-member community orchestra, under the artistic direction of Reginald Nicholson, will play instantly recognizable old standards and new melodies. Special guest artists include jazz trombonist Ira Sullivan and soprano Beverly Coulter. It will be a night to remember under the moonlit skies of Miami. Tickets are $7 for adults and kids 10 and over; $3 for children 6 to 9; and free for children under 6. Show goes on rain or shine! Gates open at 6 p.m.



The Barnacle Historic State Park
3485 Main Highway, Coconut Grove
305-668-9260 or 305-442-6866